Rumble Run Mage Shrine Guide

Jan'alai's Flame is a Shrine that rewards consistent and efficient Hero Power usage, generating huge value when used correctly. If you pick this Shrine, you will start your Rumble Run with the following 10-card deck:

To make full use of the Jan'alai's Flame Shrine, you should continually look for opportunities to kill off enemy minions with your Hero Power. While this is obvious in some instances, you should also consider how you can use your cards in hand and minions on the board to help soften up enemy minions for your Hero Power. Doing this will yield immense value and allow you to slowly grind down opponents.

You will want to pick up cards almost exclusively from the Heroic Power cards bucket, getting a mix of cards like Clockwork Automaton and Fallen Hero to make your Hero Power much more potent and cards like Nexus-Champion Saraad and Kodorider that will allow your Hero Power to generate huge value. When the Heroic Power bucket is not available, you should just look for independently strong cards. Board clears like Flamestrike and removal like Meteor are both great choices to help fill in the gaps when you Hero Power cannot be utilised.

When choosing Teammates after your second and fourth win, Fan of Flames is an essential card to have to aid your Hero Power in killing off minions. As the card is guaranteed to be in your opening hand and your Hero Power cannot be upgraded a second time, only one copy is necessary. All of the remaining choices of Teammates offer fairly similar value alongside Jan'alai's Flame.

After your sixth win, you will have the opportunity to upgrade your Shrine. As the Shrine is so essential to your strategy, you should pick a defensive upgrade to help protect your Shrine. Pact with the Loa is a great way to minimise the downtime when your Shrine is killed. Alternatively, you can choose Favor of the Gods or Fortified Spirit to help protect your Shrine to prevent it from being killed as often.

Jan'alai's Mantle is an incredibly powerful Shrine that rewards having a large number of spells by providing a huge amount of Spell Damage. If you pick this Shrine, you will start your Rumble Run with the following 10-card deck:

Jan'alai's Mantle offers immense values and is able to continually clear the board by turning cheap spells like Arcane Explosion into full board clears. Although it may feel counterintuitive, it is important to remember to keep a good number of spells in hand to maintain a good Spell Damage bonus. Utility spells like Mirror Image and Secrets are often the best to hold onto. Should you ever run low on cards, Blast Wave is can be used to clear large boards to refill your hand with more spells and also providing you with more Spell Damage, however, it is important to note that this will usually kill your Shrine in the process, leaving you defenceless for 2 turns.

You should try and pick up card buckets that contain spells, such as Fire and Frost, prioritising AoE spells like Blizzard and Volcanic Potion. Additionally, you should almost always pick up any bucket containing Blast Wave as its ability to refill your hand in combination with the Shrine provides unrivaled value. Lastly, you should try and pick up 1 or 2 copies of Sorcerer's Apprentices to help with OTK combos in the later rounds.

After your second and fourth win, you will have the option to add Teammates to your deck. You should always prioritise Razzle Dazzler when available. Its ability to fill your hand with Arcane Missiles will allow them to do up to 13 damage each, when combined with Sorcerer's Apprentices, you can play all Arcane Missiles in the same turn for quick victories. If Razzle Dazzler is not available, you can pick up Fireslinger to synergise with the large number of spells played by the deck. The Fireballs played by Fireslinger will also gain Spell Damage from Jan'alai's Mantle.

After 6 wins, you will have the ability to upgrade your Shrine. Everlasting Devotion should be your first choice, allowing you to double up on your Spell Damage for even more devastating spells. If Everlasting Devotion is not available, you can alternatively pick Sacred Ritual to synergise with Razzle Dazzler and remove the need for a Sorcerer's Apprentice. If neither of these options are available, you can settle for Pact with the Loa to minimise the downtime of your Shrine.

Jan'alai's Progeny is a strategic Shrine that rewards you with Frostfire spells every time you Freeze a character. If you pick this Shrine, you will start your Rumble Run with the following 10-card deck:

Jan'alai's Progeny has the potential to be a very powerful Shrine, but can be difficult to use correctly. You should aim to continually Freeze characters to obtain a steady supply of Frostfire spells. Both Water Elemental and Snowchugger are excellent tools for this. You should take care not to use your Frostfire spells frivolously. Though it can be tempting to use them for tempo, they yield much more value when saved for the perfect moment. You should save them for opportunities when you have minions to strongly synergise with them, such as Flamewaker or Cosmic Anomaly. Even then, you should still use the bare minimum number of spells and save up for a powerful burst-damage finish with Archmage Antonidas, Malygos, or Fireslinger.

You will naturally want to highly prioritise picking up the Frost card bucket to maintain a consistent source of Freeze effects for Frostfire generation. Additionally, you should pay close attention to the Spell Power and Magical Friends card buckets to pick up mid-game synergies for your Frostfire spells like Cosmic Anomaly and Flamewaker in addition to powerful finishers like Malygos and Archmage Antonidas.

When choosing Teammates after your second and fourth victory, you should always prioritise picking Fireslinger if it is available. Its ability to cast a free Fireball for every spell cast allows it to serve as your win condition in most games when combined with full hand of Frostfires. If Fireslinger is not available, you can pick up Glyph Guardian or Frostweaver as a second choice for solid Freeze synergy.

Once you reach 6 wins in a row, you will have the opportunity to choose from 1 of 3 random upgrades for your Shrine. Your first 2 choices should be Everlasting Devotion or Pact with the Loa if either are available, to maximise the uptime of your Shrine. Alternatively, you can pick Favor of the Gods or Fortified Spirit to give your Shrine some additional protection.

After each victory, you will be offered a choice of 3 different card buckets that you can add to your deck. Each bucket contains 3 cards that fit a certain theme and will help shape your deck in different ways.

The table below contains a list of all the possible Mage card buckets. The comments section contains further details of each bucket and when to choose them.